# Todd Kelly

Todd Evan Kelly (born 9 October 1979) is a retired Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He is the older brother of fellow Supercars driver and former Bathurst 1000 winner, Rick Kelly. He drove for the Holden Racing Team from 2003 until 2007, and Perkins Engineering in 2008. Since 2009, he has been with his family team Kelly Racing (now known as Kelly Grove Racing). He is the youngest driver to have reached 100 starts in the series.

## Supercars Championship

Season 2001 was Kelly's first full-time season in V8 Supercars (although he had previously raced in the category in 99' and 00'), he drove for the K-Mart Racing Team alongside Greg Murphy. He and Greg finished 3rd at Bathurst. He finished his first full season in 6th and broke through for his first-round victory in the last round of the season at Sandown Raceway. Season 2002 saw him take four second places, and fifth in the championship.
After two successful years with K-Mart Racing Team, the departure of Jason Bright left a vacancy at the Holden Racing Team in 2003. Kelly and new team-mate Mark Skaife won the Sandown 500 in very wet conditions and in controversial circumstances with a late race tussle with the Team Dynamik Commodore of Jason Richards and Simon Wills. Kelly finished ninth in the championship, behind his brother Rick in eighth. Kelly was part of the two-car Holden Monaro assault by Garry Rogers Motorsport on the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour race. With co-drivers Jason Bright, Greg Murphy and Peter Brock, Kelly won the race with Murphy crossing the line only 0.3505 seconds ahead of the teams lead car (and the 2002 race winner) driven by Garth Tander and co-driven by Steven Richards, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty.
Season 2004 saw him finish behind his brother in the Championship, but this time two places up in seventh. Season 2005 was Kelly's most successful year in V8 Supercars, claiming five podiums. Three of them were wins, including the Bathurst 1000 with Mark Skaife which was Todd's 26th birthday and also the V8 Supercars China Round, the series' only ever event to be held in China. He finished 4th in the standings, ahead of teammate Skaife in fifth.
Kelly's 2006 season was fairly average throughout the first six rounds, albeit largely through mechanical failures, however after strong driving performances at the next three rounds including second in both the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 when he paired up with younger brother Rick Kelly. Kelly's seat was taken by HSV Dealer Team driver Garth Tander. He was just starting to show some of the form that had him finish fourth in the championship in 2005. He finished the year off strongly, with a second and first place in the last two rounds which left him in sixth place at the end of the year.
Season 2007 was another average year for Kelly, he won the Clipsal 500 but was not able to continue that edge. He came second at Phillip Island and at the Grand Finale, finishing seventh in the championship. In doing so, helped secure Garth Tander the driver's championship. At the conclusion of the season, Kelly announced he would drive for Jack Daniel's Racing from 2008 onwards after a five-year association with HRT. This move is believed to have also been supported by 2007 champion Garth Tander confirming he will be moving from HSVDT to HRT.
Kelly's 2008 proved to be inconsistent. After starting the year well at Clipsal, where he finished fifth for the round, the middle part of the season saw a lack of the results expected from Kelly. After a major suspension geometry issue was resolved during the course of the Bathurst weekend, the car showed a sudden turn of speed. He finished 4th at Surfers Paradise, then scored a stunning race win in the wet at Symmons Plains, the first victory of any kind (race or round) for a Perkins Engineering entry since 2006. Kelly finished the season in 12th position.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 1996 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 12th | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Todd Kelly |
| 1997 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Todd Kelly |
| 1998 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Reynard 92D Holden | Todd Kelly |
| 1999 | Shell Championship Series | 36th | Holden Commodore (VS) Holden Commodore (VT) | Holden Young Lions |
| 1999 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 8th | Reynard 92D Holden | Greg Murphy Racing |
| 2000 | Shell Championship Series | 17th | Holden Commodore (VT) | Holden Racing Team |
| 2001 | Shell Championship Series | 6th | Holden Commodore (VX) | K-mart Racing |
| 2002 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 5th | Holden Commodore (VX) | K-mart Racing |
| 2003 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 9th | Holden Commodore (VY) | Holden Racing Team |
| 2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 7th | Holden Commodore (VY) | Holden Racing Team |
| 2005 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 4th | Holden Commodore (VZ) | Holden Racing Team |
| 2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 6th | Holden Commodore (VZ) | Holden Racing Team HSV Dealer Team |
| 2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 6th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Holden Racing Team |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 12th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Jack Daniel's Racing |
| 2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 18th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Kelly Racing |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 18th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Kelly Racing |
| 2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 18th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Kelly Racing |
| 2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 22nd | Holden Commodore (VE) | Kelly Racing |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 25th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 22nd | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 17th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 14th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 18th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |

### Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Points |
| 1999 | Holden Young Lions | Holden VT Commodore | EAS R1 Ret | EAS R2 DNS | EAS R3 DNS | ADE R4 | BAR R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | PHI R8 | PHI R9 | PHI R10 | HDV R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | SAN R14 23 | SAN R15 24 | SAN R16 22 | QLD R17 14 | QLD R18 15 | QLD R19 14 | CAL R20 | CAL R21 | CAL R22 | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SYM R25 | WIN R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | ORA R29 | ORA R30 | ORA R31 | QLD R32 Ret | BAT R33 6 | | | | | | | 36th | 304 |
| 2000 | Holden Young Lions | Holden VT Commodore | PHI R1 15 | PHI R2 9 | BAR R3 | BAR R4 | BAR R5 | ADE R6 11 | ADE R7 Ret | EAS R8 22 | EAS R9 18 | EAS R10 16 | HDV R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | CAN R14 19 | CAN R15 1 | CAN R16 4 | QLD R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | WIN R20 10 | WIN R21 8 | WIN R22 Ret | ORA R23 8 | ORA R24 13 | ORA R25 13 | CAL R26 29 | CAL R27 18 | CAL R28 13 | QLD R29 Ret | SAN R30 | SAN R31 | SAN R32 | BAT R33 5 | | | | | | | 17th | 575 |
| 2001 | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | PHI R1 8 | PHI R2 7 | ADE R3 15 | ADE R4 5 | EAS R5 16 | EAS R6 8 | HDV R7 18 | HDV R8 8 | HDV R9 20 | CAN R10 Ret | CAN R11 18 | CAN R12 16 | BAR R13 7 | BAR R14 7 | BAR R15 6 | CAL R16 29 | CAL R17 Ret | CAL R18 21 | ORA R19 4 | ORA R20 8 | QLD R21 3 | WIN R22 11 | WIN R23 25 | BAT R24 3 | PUK R25 8 | PUK R26 18 | PUK R27 5 | SAN R28 3 | SAN R29 1 | SAN R30 3 | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 2479 |
| 2002 | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | ADE R1 9 | ADE R2 12 | PHI R3 3 | PHI R4 2 | EAS R5 11 | EAS R6 5 | EAS R7 6 | HDV R8 5 | HDV R9 3 | HDV R10 6 | CAN R11 3 | CAN R12 10 | CAN R13 2 | BAR R14 4 | BAR R15 Ret | BAR R16 5 | ORA R17 Ret | ORA R18 Ret | WIN R19 3 | WIN R20 2 | QLD R21 10 | BAT R22 13 | SUR R23 7 | SUR R24 3 | PUK R25 5 | PUK R26 4 | PUK R27 1 | SAN R28 4 | SAN R29 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 1345 |
| 2003 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VY Commodore | ADE R1 5 | ADE R1 5 | PHI R3 5 | EAS R4 Ret | WIN R5 DSQ | BAR R6 7 | BAR R7 7 | BAR R8 2 | HDV R9 7 | HDV R10 24 | HDV R11 Ret | QLD R12 3 | ORA R13 6 | SAN R14 1 | BAT R15 8 | SUR R16 10 | SUR R17 Ret | PUK R18 2 | PUK R19 4 | PUK R20 4 | EAS R21 3 | EAS R22 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 1628 |
| 2004 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VY Commodore | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 10 | EAS R3 19 | PUK R4 17 | PUK R5 10 | PUK R6 14 | HDV R7 2 | HDV R8 2 | HDV R9 1 | BAR R10 11 | BAR R11 8 | BAR R12 10 | QLD R13 9 | WIN R14 7 | ORA R15 5 | ORA R16 7 | SAN R17 23 | BAT R18 14 | SUR R19 3 | SUR R20 DSQ | SYM R21 3 | SYM R22 3 | SYM R23 Ret | EAS R24 27 | EAS R25 12 | EAS R26 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 1623 |
| 2005 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 4 | PUK R3 8 | PUK R4 Ret | PUK R5 9 | BAR R6 Ret | BAR R7 23 | BAR R8 7 | EAS R9 6 | EAS R10 4 | SHA R11 1 | SHA R12 3 | SHA R13 1 | HDV R14 1 | HDV R15 1 | HDV R16 2 | QLD R17 6 | ORA R18 Ret | ORA R19 22 | SAN R20 2 | BAT R21 1 | SUR R22 Ret | SUR R23 14 | SUR R24 8 | SYM R25 15 | SYM R26 11 | SYM R27 7 | PHI R28 13 | PHI R29 16 | PHI R30 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 1760 |
| 2006 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PUK R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | HDV R14 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | ORA R18 | ORA R19 | ORA R20 | SAN R21 | BAT R22 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | SUR R25 | SYM R26 | SYM R27 | SYM R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | | | | | | 6th | 2815 |
| 2007 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 1 | ADE R2 2 | BAR R3 Ret | BAR R4 10 | BAR R5 7 | PUK R6 6 | PUK R7 4 | PUK R8 2 | WIN R9 27 | WIN R10 11 | WIN R11 4 | EAS R12 4 | EAS R13 5 | EAS R14 1 | HDV R15 4 | HDV R16 8 | HDV R17 4 | QLD R18 8 | QLD R19 11 | QLD R20 19 | ORA R21 8 | ORA R22 2 | ORA R23 11 | SAN R24 9 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 Ret | SUR R27 26 | SUR R28 Ret | BHR R29 11 | BHR R30 28 | BHR R31 Ret | SYM R32 12 | SYM R33 20 | SYM R34 Ret | PHI R35 6 | PHI R36 2 | PHI R37 1 | | | 6th | 381 |
| 2008 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | EAS R3 | EAS R4 | EAS R5 | HAM R6 | HAM R7 | HAM R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | SAN R12 | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | HDV R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | WIN R21 | WIN R22 | WIN R23 | PHI Q | PHI R24 | BAT R25 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | SYM R32 | SYM R33 | SYM R34 | ORA R35 | ORA R36 | ORA R37 | | 12th | 2053 |
| 2009 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 7 | ADE R2 Ret | HAM R3 8 | HAM R4 24 | WIN R5 Ret | WIN R6 24 | SYM R7 5 | SYM R8 Ret | HDV R9 5 | HDV R10 28 | TOW R11 10 | TOW R12 Ret | SAN R13 4 | SAN R14 18 | QLD R15 6 | QLD R16 18 | PHI R17 5 | BAT R18 8 | SUR R19 19 | SUR R20 23 | SUR R21 18 | SUR R22 15 | PHI R23 29 | PHI R24 21 | BAR R25 2 | BAR R26 Ret | SYD R27 14 | SYD R28 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 1624 |
| 2010 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 25 | YMC R2 26 | BHR R3 20 | BHR R4 Ret | ADE R5 13 | ADE R6 12 | HAM R7 20 | HAM R8 8 | QLD R9 29 | QLD R10 14 | WIN R11 6 | WIN R12 22 | HDV R13 9 | HDV R14 8 | TOW R15 17 | TOW R16 19 | PHI R17 18 | BAT R18 20 | SUR R19 20 | SUR R20 Ret | SYM R21 15 | SYM R22 7 | SAN R23 11 | SAN R24 19 | SYD R25 Ret | SYD R26 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 1435 |
| 2011 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 10 | YMC R2 Ret | ADE R3 7 | ADE R4 Ret | HAM R5 3 | HAM R6 15 | BAR R7 27 | BAR R8 22 | BAR R9 16 | WIN R10 21 | WIN R11 Ret | HID R12 16 | HID R13 Ret | TOW R14 14 | TOW R15 17 | QLD R16 17 | QLD R17 Ret | QLD R18 15 | PHI R19 14 | BAT R20 24 | SUR R21 13 | SUR R22 9 | SYM R23 11 | SYM R24 8 | SAN R25 3 | SAN R26 20 | SYD R27 9 | SYD R28 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 1550 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 23 | SYM R3 10 | SYM R4 10 | HAM R5 14 | HAM R6 9 | BAR R7 21 | BAR R8 22 | BAR R9 23 | PHI R10 12 | PHI R11 11 | HID R12 11 | HID R13 14 | TOW R14 15 | TOW R15 21 | QLD R16 13 | QLD R17 16 | SMP R18 14 | SMP R19 23 | SAN QR 17 | SAN R20 18 | BAT R21 18 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 1263 |
| 2013 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 Ret | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 16 | SYM R5 Ret | PUK R6 17 | PUK R7 18 | PUK R8 15 | PUK R9 14 | BAR R10 20 | BAR R11 17 | BAR R12 21 | COA R13 25 | COA R14 16 | COA R15 14 | COA R16 19 | HID R17 17 | HID R18 12 | HID R19 20 | TOW R20 16 | TOW R21 15 | QLD R22 15 | QLD R23 22 | QLD R24 10 | WIN R25 24 | WIN R26 14 | WIN R27 Ret | SAN R28 11 | BAT R29 Ret | SUR R30 17 | SUR R31 Ret | PHI R32 16 | PHI R33 16 | PHI R34 13 | SYD R35 10 | SYD R36 17 | | | | 25th | 1139 |
| 2014 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 16 | ADE R2 9 | ADE R3 Ret | SYM R4 Ret | SYM R5 13 | SYM R6 21 | WIN R7 17 | WIN R8 23 | WIN R9 13 | PUK R10 16 | PUK R11 13 | PUK R12 19 | PUK R13 24 | BAR R14 8 | BAR R15 16 | BAR R16 16 | HID R17 20 | HID R18 23 | HID R19 Ret | TOW R20 18 | TOW R21 20 | TOW R22 19 | QLD R23 24 | QLD R24 16 | QLD R25 21 | SMP R26 Ret | SMP R27 17 | SMP R28 15 | SAN QR 11 | SAN R29 20 | BAT R30 7 | SUR R31 Ret | SUR R32 19 | PHI R33 8 | PHI R34 5 | PHI R35 14 | SYD R36 Ret | SYD R37 23 | SYD R38 14 | 22nd | 1323 |
| 2015 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 14 | ADE R2 12 | ADE R3 10 | SYM R4 23 | SYM R5 13 | SYM R6 13 | BAR R7 12 | BAR R8 12 | BAR R9 13 | WIN R10 5 | WIN R11 13 | WIN R12 12 | HID R13 10 | HID R14 12 | HID R15 17 | TOW R16 17 | TOW R17 10 | QLD R18 19 | QLD R19 6 | QLD R20 Ret | SMP R21 17 | SMP R22 25 | SMP R23 24 | SAN QR 22 | SAN R24 24 | BAT R25 20 | SUR R26 13 | SUR R27 17 | PUK R28 12 | PUK R29 17 | PUK R30 13 | PHI R31 11 | PHI R32 19 | PHI R33 5 | SYD R34 11 | SYD R35 16 | SYD R36 13 | | | 17th | 1664 |
| 2016 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 6 | ADE R2 16 | ADE R3 6 | SYM R4 19 | SYM R5 12 | PHI R6 11 | PHI R7 12 | BAR R8 7 | BAR R9 23 | WIN R10 13 | WIN R11 13 | HID R12 7 | HID R13 13 | TOW R14 10 | TOW R15 23 | QLD R16 12 | QLD R17 9 | SMP R18 24 | SMP R19 9 | SAN QR 18 | SAN R20 7 | BAT R21 Ret | SUR R22 8 | SUR R23 21 | PUK R24 19 | PUK R25 16 | PUK R26 15 | PUK R27 11 | SYD R28 12 | SYD R29 19 | | | | | | | | | | 14th | 1808 |
| 2017 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 22 | ADE R2 9 | SYM R3 9 | SYM R4 18 | PHI R5 6 | PHI R6 11 | BAR R7 11 | BAR R8 18 | WIN R9 12 | WIN R10 17 | HID R11 18 | HID R12 20 | TOW R13 Ret | TOW R14 17 | QLD R15 18 | QLD R16 12 | SMP R17 25 | SMP R18 10 | SAN R19 16 | BAT R20 7 | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 12 | PUK R23 15 | PUK R24 18 | NEW R25 15 | NEW R26 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 1536 |

## Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 1998 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden Commodore (VS) | John Faulkner | DNF | 136 |
| 1999 | Holden Young Lions | Holden Commodore (VT) | Mark Noske | 6th | 161 |
| 2000 | Holden Young Lions | Holden Commodore VT | Nathan Pretty | 5th | 161 |
| 2001 | Kmart Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | Greg Murphy | 3rd | 161 |
| 2002 | Kmart Racing | Holden Commodore VX | Greg Murphy | 13th | 159 |
| 2003 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | Mark Skaife | 8th | 161 |
| 2004 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VY | Mark Skaife | 14th | 159 |
| 2005 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VZ) | Mark Skaife | 1st | 161 |
| 2006 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | Rick Kelly | 2nd | 161 |
| 2007 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VE) | Mark Skaife | DNF | 149 |
| 2008 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | Shane Price | 17th | 157 |
| 2009 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | Rick Kelly | 8th | 161 |
| 2010 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | Dale Wood | 20th | 161 |
| 2011 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | David Russell | 24th | 154 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | Tim Blanchard | 18th | 154 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | David Russell | DNF | 20 |
| 2014 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Alex Buncombe | 7th | 161 |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Alex Buncombe | 20th | 156 |
| 2016 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Matthew Campbell | DNF | 157 |
| 2017 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Jack Le Brocq | 7th | 161 |

## Bathurst 24 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 2003 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Peter Brock Greg Murphy Jason Bright | Holden Monaro 427C | A | 527 | 1st | 1st |